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“What’s it got to do with me?”Drivers and benefits to HEI’s developinginfrastructure and servicesto support research data management. 4

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Introduction• What is research data management?• Why is it important?• What risks does it address?• What benefits does it provide?• What is good practice? 5

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What is Research Data Management? Caring for, facilitating access Preserving and Adding value to research data throughout its lifecycle. Organisation, Resources and Technology required to support and sustain. 6

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What Kinds of Data?…whatever is produced in research or evidences its outputs 7

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An emerging art for institutionsA design space bounded by two principles… Best way to make your data work for yourself is to make it work for someone else “Coolest things to do with your data will be thought of by someone else”* *Jo Walsh & Rufus Pollock Open Knowledge Foundation http://www.okfn.org/files/talks/xtech_2007/ 9

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An emerging art for institutionsA design space bounded by two principles… and constraints Best way to make your data work for yourself is to make it work for someone else £££ “Coolest things to do with your data will be thought of by someone else”* *Jo Walsh & Rufus Pollock Open Knowledge Foundation http://www.okfn.org/files/talks/xtech_2007/ 10

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An emerging art for institutionsA design space bounded by two principles… and constraints Best way to make your data work for yourself is to make it work for someone else REF £££ “Coolest things to do with your data will be thought of by someone else”* *Jo Walsh & Rufus Pollock Open Knowledge Foundation http://www.okfn.org/files/talks/xtech_2007/ 11

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Why is RDM Important?Convergence in research policy“Rapid and pervasive technologicalchange has created new ways ofacquiring, storing, manipulatingand transmitting vast datavolumes, as well as stimulatingnew habits of communication andcollaboration amongst scientists.These changes challenge manyexisting norms of scientificbehaviour” 12

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Why is RDM Important?Convergence in research policy“We have opened up much publicdata already, but need to go muchfurther in making this dataaccessible. We believe publiclyfunded research should be freelyavailable. We have commissionedindependent groups of academicsand publishers to review theavailability of publishedresearch, and to develop actionplans for making this freelyavailable” 13

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Policy moves towards openness Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development describes data as a public good that should be made availableResearch Councils UK in its code of goodresearch conduct says data should be preservedand accessible for 10 years + ResearchFunder data policies increasingly demanding of institutional commitment and provisions... 14

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RCUK Common Principles on Data PolicyPublic good: Publicly funded research data are produced in the public interestshould be made openly available with as few restrictions as possiblePlanning for preservation: Institutional and project specific data managementpolicies and plans needed to ensure valued data remains usableDiscovery: Metadata should be available and discoverable; Published resultsshould indicate how to access supporting dataConfidentiality: Research organisation policies and practices to ensurelegal, ethical and commercial constraints assessed; research process should notbe damaged by inappropriate releaseFirst use: Provision for a period of exclusive use, to enable research teams topublish resultsRecognition: Data users should acknowledge data sources and terms &conditions of accessPublic funding: Use of public funds for RDM infrastructure is appropriate andmust be efficient and cost-effective.http://www.rcuk.ac.uk/research/Pages/DataPolicy.aspx

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Funder ExpectationsEPSRC expects all those institutions it funds• to develop a roadmap that aligns their policies and processes with EPSRC’s expectations by 1st May 2012;• to be fully compliant with these expectations by 1st May 2015.• Compliance will be monitored and non- compliance investigated.• Failure to share research data could result in the imposition of sanctions. 16

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Funder ExpectationsApplications submitted on or after 1st November 2012 will need to take account of thenew guidance and application form requirements.The key changes are that:All proposals will be required to contain …a new ‘Technical Summary’Those with digital outputs or digital technologies that are essential to theirplanned research outcomes will be expected to submit a technicalattachment.Current technical appendix section of the Je-S form will be removed.http://www.ahrc.ac.uk/News-and-Events/News/Pages/Changes-to-all-AHRC-Research-Grant-and-Fellowships-applications.aspx 18

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It’s not just top-down!• Data intensive research• Demand from public to engage, criticise• Citizen science – new stakeholders in research• Digital engagement and open data in creative industries and built environment• Demands more planning and support 20

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Public demand for data & engagement“We have opened up much publicdata already, but need to go muchfurther in making this dataaccessible. We believe publiclyfunded research should be freelyavailable. We have commissionedindependent groups of academicsand publishers to review theavailability of publishedresearch, and to develop actionplans for making this freelyavailable” 24

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Open data in art and designbus routes data sculpture • “a 3D data sculpture of the Sunday Minneapolis / St. Paul public transit system, where the horizontal axes represent directional movement and the vertical represents time. the piece titled "bus structure 2am-2pm" is constructed of 47 horizontal layers, each forming a map of the bus routes that run during a given interval of time. looking down from the top, one sees the Sunday bus map of the Twin Cities, while looking from the side, the times appears as strata building upwards. within each layer, every transit route that operates at that time isReusing public data to create an object represented by wood balls placed at its scheduled stops, connected by the horizontal copper rods. eachwith reuse value? route moves through time and space differently, carving out its own trail that may or may not meet conveniently with other routes. • in total 42 routes, 47 intervals of time & 296 bus stops are depicted by about a half-mile of copper rod & 6,000 wood balls, suspended in the air by hundreds of blue threadshttp://infosthetics.com/archives/2008/05/bus_routes_data_sculpture.html 27

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Common practice in Universities‘Departments typically don’t have guidelines or norms for personal back-upand researcher procedure, knowledge and diligence varies tremendously.Many have experienced moderate to catastrophic data loss.’Incremental Project Scoping Study and Implementation Planhttp://www.lib.cam.ac.uk/preservation/incremental/documents/Incremental_Scoping_Report_170910.pdf‘The current environment is such that responsibility for good datamanagement is devolved to individual researchers and in practice PIs set therules and establish the cultural practices of the research groups and thismeans there is good data management practice going on in pockets but noconsistency across groups. There is also consequently a high risk of datalosses by a number of means’.MaDAM Project Requirements Analysishttp://www.merc.ac.uk/sites/default/files/MaDAM_Requirements%20_%20gap%20analysis-v1.4-FINAL.pdf 31

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E.g. MaDAM projectPilot project offering secure storage, description, flexible sharing•“I can put my hands straight on my data, through one application”•“I can easily share & find data within my research group”•“I have support in data management planning”•“I can publish my data, under my control, with the wider community”•“I’m not repeating experiments unnecessarily”•“I’m freed up from some of my data management duties toconcentrate on my research”Researchers spending less time managing data, getting more valuefor their efforts and freeing more time for research. Benefits from Infrastructure Projects in JISC MRD http://www.jisc.ac.uk/media/documents/programmes/m rd/RDM_Benefits_FinalReport-Sept.pdf 35